Thursday, October 6, 2011

GREEN JOY

Plants cry their gratitude for the sun in green joy. 

 ~Terri Guillemets

Sitting under a  pecan tree
is a wooden oyster table which
I usually load with vegetables
waiting their turn to be processed.
I have been drying seeds in
an effort to be more self-sufficent.
For the last month I have been
drying orka pods, along with the
beautiful bumper crop of gourds
I grew. Last week when I went
to check on how everything was
doing, I found all my okra had
sprouted! Guess I will be buying
okra seed next year. xx
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  1. embracingitallOctober 6, 2011 at 1:12 AM

    Those cheeky seeds! I would never have guessed that's what they were. Okra isn't that big in Australia. You sometimes see it in fruit and vegie shops, but I have never tried it. I'm intrigued as to how you prepare and cook it. Jacinta

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  2. purplepearOctober 6, 2011 at 3:05 AM

    Just trying to remember how we've saved okra seeds in the past. Mark reckons they were too moist and that's why they've sprouted maybe hang them in a paper bag in a breezeway next year!Like Jacinta said they are not big in Australia so we don't grow them now.

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  3. karenOctober 6, 2011 at 7:16 AM

    If they sprouted it must be moist and hot there! What a surprise :)

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  4. trishOctober 6, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Bless those beautiful okra seeds sprouting forth. What amazing energy! More than I have at the moment!
    Beautiful photos.
    Much love

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  5. AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    How beautiful! (if a bit unplanned) ;-)

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  6. KristenOctober 6, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    Okra is not a common crop for around here...very cool! (If you make the Pumpkin milkshakes, let me know how they turn out!)

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  7. MeganOctober 6, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    pesky okra! prob still hot enough here for it :-(

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  8. simonaOctober 6, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    It's so funny, that would've happened to me too: if I want it to sprout - it won't. If I don't want it - it will!
    But doesn't it look so cute how all the little plant babes peek out?? :)

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  9. MJOctober 6, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    Love okra!! And these are so cute, so promising!! I just checked on our okra yesterday in the community garden, so far so good!
    xoxo
    ps gorgeous photos!!

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  10. cpcableOctober 6, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Life finds a way. Bummer that you have to buy seeds next year, but I'm smiling inside at the okra's tenacity. ;)

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  11. house full of jaysOctober 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    Such an amazing shout out to life. Too bad about your seeds, though. Love those green shoots and that quote.

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  12. KimOctober 6, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    Mother Nature. She's a tough broad! She doesn't give up very easily, does she?

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  13. GerryARTOctober 6, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    So funny, Tracey.
    so much for self-sufficiency this time 'round.

    hugs
    Gerry
    let's talk fingerless mitts

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  14. AngelaOctober 6, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    That is so cool, though it didn't turn out quite like you wanted. I swear without the pods, they look like watermelon seeds. ;) Please don't revoke my status!

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  15. no spring chickenOctober 7, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    Oh but the photo op you would have missed...

    Blessings, Debbie

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  16. Sofia's IdeasOctober 7, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    Wow, Tracey, your photography leaves me with a hopeful feeling. Does that make sense? I was feeling down, but these pictures moved me... Thank you...

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  17. meghannOctober 7, 2011 at 11:40 PM

    What a bummer that the seeds didn't turn out the way you planned…but, they're so beautiful, sprouting in the pods like that. xo

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